3. Replacement of section 3 of the principal enactment

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Section 3 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section is substituted therefor:-

3. (1) (a) Every power of attorney executed in Sri Lanka or any other country shall be registered with the Registrar General.

(b)

Every power of attorney holder

(hereinafter referred to as the “attorney”) shall submit his power of attorney for registration, if it is executed in Sri Lanka within one month and if it is executed outside Sri Lanka within three months, from the date of execution of the power of attorney together with –

(i)

a copy thereof certified by a notary public to be a true copy; and

(ii)

an affidavit made as specified in

Schedule I hereto.

“Registration of Power of

Attorney

Act, No. 28 of 2022

(2)

The Registrar General shall, upon being satisfied as to the correctness of the power of attorney referred to in subsection (1), register the power of attorney and file such certified copy and shall endorse upon such certified copy and the original power of attorney, the registration number and the date thereof, together with a reference to the volume and folio wherein such registration is recorded and shall return the original power of attorney to the person producing the same.

(3)

Such registration shall be recorded in a book maintained by the Registrar General which is to be kept in the form specified in the

Schedule II hereto.”.

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